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MEANS FOR COLLECTING IATCHBS Filed Dec. 16. 1927 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 4 to drop into the mainboxes immediately folt .1 i m 'i 1 Patented l 22,1930: I l,770,901"

PAUL WILHELM DIETMANN, or ioivxorrive, swEDniLnssI'GnonToAKrIitizonAGE'i s nnvnnm & FARNANDEmoFKALMAR,swnnnn 4 MEANS non oonnnorrnq iraronns Apphation filed December 16, 1927, Seria1i \To. ta najaiswaeamg 9,

collecting the matches in match making 'mapanying drawings. a a chines and to means for carrying thls method Figure 1- isa' lan-view ofthe mechanism into effect. Fig. 2is1a vertical section on the line A -iB This invention relates to a new method of 'method into etlect is-illustrated the accom- 5 Heretofore, in match making machines it" of F ig.11',"and s g s has been the common practice to, allow the Fig.3 is-a vertical section on'the line C'-D matches after theyjhad been. pushedout of "ofFigJLi u the supporting strips to drop directly into With reference to"thedrawin gs,theinu; loose collecting boxes to be carried to the de meral l designates the 'main boxes perina 10 sired place while in said boxes; This'collec'tnentlyassoeiated-with-tlemachine Which are 60f;

'ing method sufi'ers from the drawback that shown in-Fig. l as situated directly below the the period of time available forefi'ecting the polntwhere the matches arepushed ou'tof exchange of collecting boxes will be too short, the supporting strips. Said main boxes'are as the exchangemust be completed beforethe I Supported. by'a; carriage comprising -wheels space betweenthe pushing device and, the-"'2 1nengagement,with'jrailsif3fsoasto allow '65 sliding match collecting'plate' is filled, which the mainbox-es'ito be moved laterally from Will'require some seconds only; 7 their normal orfilling positionin thema This invention has for its object to-ove'rchine to a position outside o'f-t h-e machine in come said inconvenience and is characterized, register lw'ith the loose collecting boxes 4.

chiefly, in thatthe matches are pushed out The loose collecting'boxes 'are"supportedby into one or more collecting boxes which will* i k S' fml d r t tefon horizontal hereinafter be termed main boxes permanentshafts'5 l'- The mai'n boxes-,when'fillediare thus ly' associated with the match making machine removed from their normal or'filling positionto be then transferred from said boxes into to a position in fr'ontflof the empty-looseboxes usual loose collecting-boxes, whichare re-- 'hasjshown by-dottedlinesin'Fig. 11,theloose :1 7

moved and replaced by empty loose boxes boxes.being atthe sa ne emanat inclined v i While the filling 0'1": the main boxes is taking? position shown by dotted-lines in Fig. 2. The

place. The period oftime available'for efloose boxesfare theuturned from said infecting the exchange of the loose boxes will l'1IiedpOs1tIon by means of the-lever 7 to the 3 quired forfilli-n'g the main boxes. v the matches which areithen pushed out o'fthe in this way. be'equal to theperi'od of time re- Q t C LPQS Q Q I how in ig 3 to-re eive 7 it The exchange is efiected'in such a way that main boxes by means. of the push-plat 8 of the main boxes when filled are removed from said last-mentioned boxes whichareoperated their normal positionin the" machine and set y t i ver 9"throu'gh a sultable gearing.

35 to a positionin i th ir mat h may b 'The main boxesal when emptied are restored. 86 f V transferred to the loose boxes. -As soon as Ito thei normal p t i theimachine be a the transfer of the matches to the loose boxes agave d 7 filled 93 9 1 3%"? is completed the main boxes are returned to is me e if e g r ii e y mr t oo xg their normal position to be againfilled, Inunng e W 0 eperl?) 0 tlme'ln W t 6- the interval in whichithemaih boxeshave been out of their normal position the matches n P si o a cannot thus, receive the main collecting boxesarereinovedfrom their so matches 11. pushed; out the latter are collected ut-have been collected upon aslideupon aj lidjng p1ate10 of we11 known"cha1 ,-'j 1 plate which is releasedtofallow the matches acten g r o r q lowing the restoration of the latter tonormal, 1,11 m t h ki hi havi p. D ringthe restoratioli'and'filllng of the ma n rtingstripsfor.the'-matches, means for 7 boxes the loose boxes are removed and re collecting the matches pushed out of said placed byemptyiboxes. supporting strips, :said means comprising 50 A preferred mechanism carry large collecting boxes arranged to be held 10c stationary in a filling position duringthe collecting period, and positively controlled means for laterally moving said boxes along a path from said filling position to an emptying position outside of the machine and for removing the boxes in the opposite direc- 7 tion on the same path to said filling position.

J ally moving said 2. In a match making machine havlng supporting strips for matches, means for collecting'the matches pushed out of said supporting strips, sa1d means comprising large collecting boxes arranged to be held stationary in a fillingposition during the collecting period, positively controlled means for laterboxes along a path from said filling position with the boxes in front of said supportingstrips to an emptying position outside of the machine and for removing the boxes in the opposite direction on the same path to said filling position, means situated in register with said emptying position to carry loose boxes, and means for discharging the contents of said collecting boxes into said looseboxes.

3. In a match making machine having'supporting strips for the matches, means'for collecting the matches pushed out ofsaid supporting strips, said means comprising large collecting boxes held stationary in a filling position during the collecting period and being open sliding plate in each of said boxes, positively controlled means for laterally moving said boxes alonga path from said filling position with the boxes in front of said supporting o strips to an emptying position outside of the machine and for, removing the boxes inthe opposite direction on the same path tosaid 7 filling-position, means situated in register with said emptying position and carrying loose boxes, and means to move said sliding plates to discharge the contents of saidcollecting boxes into said loose boxes.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name.

\ PAUL WTLHELM 'iiIETM NN.

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CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 1,770,901. Granted July 22, 1930, to

PAUL WILHELM DIETMANN.

It is hereby certified that the name of the assignee in the above numbered patent was erroneously described and specified as "Aktieholaget Siefvert & Farnander, of Kalmar, Sweden", whereas said name should have been described and specified as Aktiebolaget Siefvert & Fornander, of Kalmar, Sweden, as shown by the records of assignments in this office; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the ease in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 9th day of September, A. D. 1930.

M, J. Moore, (Seal). v Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

